Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
AGRICULTURAL NOTES,
A Column Devoted to the Interests Of Farmers
and stockmen.

The number OF cattle on the plain,
is estimated to be over 100000, OF &
value of 100000 600.
A bluegrass sod improves with age
and is about the most valuable sod foi
fields intended for permanent pasture
Flax raising has become one of the
leading industries in Minnesota; 1885,
$40 acres has been devoted to this
purpose last year.
Persian powder will destroy aphis
in plants, and also all soft insects
that breathe through pores. Try it
on the window plants.
Many English farmers practice
shearing their early lambs in mid
summer, and claim that great growth
of carcass is obtained thereby.
More attention should be paid to
teaching young horses to walk fast
than is done. A fast-walking horse is
a desideratum not often met with.
1t is estimated that the inhabitants
OF Great Britain and Ireland pay out
annually $S0,000,O00 for dairy pro-
ducts manufactured in other countries
Labor, concentration and adapta-
ton to an art or profession are what
give success. 1t is not less true in
agriculture than in other professions.
An experimenter affirms that
squash, lima beans and other fiat
seeds will terminate quicker and
grow better if the seeds are placed
edgewise in the soil.
To ctre black knot in plum and
cherry trees cut out the excres-
cence and give the wound coating of
turpentine and wash it with strong
solution Of chloride of lime.
Butter tubs should be thoroughly
cleansed and then soaked in brine be-
fore packing down butter in them.
which will materially assist in pre-
venting the butter from being tainted.
Mr.. Wallace is setting out 100 acres
IN Bartlett pears near Salem, Or.
Another gentleman is also setting out
100 acres in the same kind of fruit
TWO miles from Carleton, Yamhili
county.
A few statistics may be of service
An ordinary barrel contains Al solid
feet; bushel contains a trifle over IL
solid feet a solid foot of water weighs
623 pounds; an acre contains 1920
square feet.
10 prepare an asparagus bed dig
the ground deep, Incorporating large
quantities of we'll decomposed manure.
Plant the roots about three inches
deep, in rows Is inches apart, and
one foot apart in the rows.
In sowing grass seed do not be saw
ing OF the seed. 1t is great deal
better to SOW too much than too little,
as by the former method the sod will
soon right itself, but when too little
seed is sown there will never be a
good sod until reseeded.
Pumpkins should, it is stated, be
broken open and the seeds taken out
before feeding them to cattle or hogs.
The seeds act as diuretic, and
animals should never be allowed to
eat them, except for the purpose of
stimulating the kidneys.
Do not cover the lawn all over with
stable manure, which is to remain
there all winter as an offense to the
eye, the nostrils and the feet. There
is nothing more disgusting than this
turning a lawn, into barn yard, and
there is no necessity for it.
When preparing trees for planting,
the broken or mutilated portions of
the roots must be cut off, so as to
leave the suds smooth and sound, and
the ends OF all the other roots should
be pruned. From these ends the
new tibrous roots usually start.
Grape vines require dry, mellow,
we'll drained soil, deeply worked and
well enriched with a warm, sunny ex-
posure. In planting give the roots
plenty OF room, spread them out not
more than six inches under the sur
face, and settle the soil firmly around
| them.
Those who are impatient to see fruit
upon their trees, as is often the case,
particularly with tree tardy in coming
to bearing, may expediate the fulfill
ment of their wishes by employing
the process of summer pinching. In
the month of July pinch off the ends
of the young shoots; this retards for
a time the flow of sap, and hastens
the formation of fruit buds.
In preparing the soil for fruit trees,
the condition of the ground must be
such as would be adapted to grow
successfully farm crops. If the land
on which you are to plant your trees
is not in condition to bear these ex-
posures, you can make it so by thor
ough understanding, deep blowing
and sub soiling. You may enrich il
in the usual manner, by turning under
clover, applying barn-yard manure, OIL
where it can be obtained, vegetable
mold or muck without stint. The
last is well adapted for producing g
large amount of tibrous roots, and il